Filling in the void

An informal working group has spent the last year and a half investigating the possibility of expanding passenger rail services throughout the Greater Northwest and claims to have gained backing in Congress along the way. At last week’s meeting, the Sundance City Council agreed to lend its support as the group moves to make its work official.

Dan Bilka explained how the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Working Group functions on Tuesday, telling the council that, “The idea is to advocate to form a full central railroad administration working group to look at restored and new passenger rail ser...